How do you edit the welcome email?

[catangirl]

Sorry if this has been asked a lot but I can't find a post with an answer. How do you edit the text of your welcome email? I see the html pages under email folder but they seem to have includes for the text. So where do you change the text?

Thanks!

[shackle]

this may help you...

goto the root of your shop, and find email folder these holds the email templates.

[catangirl]

I looked in that folder and found the welcome email html file but the text seems to be an include or a style sheet because it says "$EMAIL_GREETING" so can't change the text there. There must be a place where these includes are so you can change the text?

[Kim]

Here's the secret to find bits of text - Open your Admin> Tools> Developers Tool Kit

Copy a short bit of the text you want to find.

Paste it in the box on the lower left part of that page.

Choose All files from the box beside that.

Click go.

MAGIC!

[stellarweb]

That tidbit from Kim really works GREAT!

For example, copy the words "you can now take part in" from the welcome email just like she said ... and it will bring up the FILE to edit ... and the text!

....../includes/languages/english/create_account.php

Line #35 : define('EMAIL_TEXT', 'With your account, you can now take part in the <strong>various services</strong> we have to offer you. Some of these services include:' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Permanent Cart</strong> - Any products added to your online cart remain there until you remove them, or check them out.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Address Book</strong> - We can now deliver your products to another address other than yours! This is perfect to send birthday gifts direct to the birthday-person themselves.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Order History</strong> - View your history of purchases that you have made with us.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Products Reviews</strong> - Share your opinions on products with our other customers.' . "\n\n");

What a nifty feature!

[Ryk]

Some words of advice....

If you searched for the phrase "part in the various services" you probably would be disappointed as that precise string would not have been found, because if you look at your own example, the actual string is

part in the <strong>various services</strong>

So try to keep your search phrase as short as possible.